Abstract
Effects of selank on learning, memory, and attention to sensory stimuli of different modality were studied in adult Wistar rats treated with 6-hydroxydopamine (neurotoxin selectively damaging catecholaminergic neurons and their terminals) during the first 3 days of life. Selank (300 microg/kg) restored cognitive processes disordered by chronic artificial inhibition of the cerebral catecholaminergic system.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Animals, Newborn
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Attention / drug effects
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Behavior, Animal / drug effects*
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Brain / drug effects
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Brain / pathology
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Brain / physiopathology
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Catecholamines / metabolism*
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Exploratory Behavior / drug effects
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Hydroxydopamines / administration & dosage
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Hydroxydopamines / toxicity
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Injections, Intraperitoneal
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Learning / drug effects
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Male
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Memory / drug effects
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Neurons / drug effects*
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Neurons / metabolism
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Neurons / pathology
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Neurotoxins / administration & dosage
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Neurotoxins / toxicity
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Oligopeptides / administration & dosage
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Oligopeptides / pharmacology*
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Rats
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Rats, Wistar
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Time Factors
Substances
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Catecholamines
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Hydroxydopamines
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Neurotoxins
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Oligopeptides
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TP 7